What can I plug the gaps with?

[RobintheBobin]

Hello Grapes

After a winter of hibernation I'm getting cracking on the veggie planting, sowing, etc, and as usual there are questions to be asked: my over-winter onions are looking decidedly scarce. I know they will grow and swell but almost every other one didn't grow so I was wondering what I could plug the gaps with?

I'd like to make full use of the bed rather than have it half empty although I suppose could leave it and plonk some seedlings in later in the growing year...hmmm.

Thx

[Bigmallly]

? Carrots plus I read somewhere that onions help keep carrotfly at bay.

[Florence Fennel]

Quick growers like radishes or CACA lettuces and salad crops.

[Flummery]

I've put in radishes and beetroot. I like the beets small anyway.

[Suky]

My overwintered onions were so pathetic and I need the space so I lifted them (they were the size of spring onions) and replanted in another bed. Two days later they are standing proud and looking good.

[Snadger]

Buy some spring onion sets for planting now and fill in the gaps! This will give you a sucession of onion bulbs.

[Capsid]

My overwintered onions were so pathetic and I need the space so I lifted them (they were the size of spring onions) and replanted in another bed. Two days later they are standing proud and looking good.

Not sure why you did this? Are you expecting your overwintered onions to be bigger than the size of spring onions? What you describe is normal, the onions won't swell their bases until June/July.

[RobintheBobin]

Thanks everyone for the advice - I think I may squeeze in some early carrots although with this cool weather it could be too chilly. I could start them in mini bits of gutter...sounds like a plan!

[Jeanied]

Robin you will need diddy stumpy carrots if you are going to do that! They hate being transplanted. Paris Market or Parmex varieties are about the only ones that would tolerate that kind of disturbance.